New York Times Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System Five-Star Nursing Homes In 2011, Ken Chandler brought his elderly mother to a nursing home that had Medicare’s seal of approval, a five-star rating. After a series of troubling events there, Mr. Chandler now feels misled. Video Credit By Kassie Bracken and Taige […]

Nurses who use a smartphone at night for work-related reasons are likely to be less effective on the job the next day, according to recently published research from Michigan State University. The investigators surveyed more than 160 people working in a variety of occupations, including nursing. The questions measured how much the subjects monitored a […]

As a nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse attorney at Hughey Injury Lawyers, I have seen many horrific acts alleged to have taken place in various nursing homes.  These include abusing nursing home residents, beating nursing home residents, sexually assaulting nursing home residents, and, yes, even killing nursing home residents.  Nearly every time, when […]

by A.C. Thompson ProPublica, Dec. 31, 2013, 2:54 p.m. The one-story beige building on Southwest Hill Road in McMinnville, Ore. 2013 an old mill town between Portland and Salem 2013 has seen plenty of trouble over the years of its operation as an assisted living facility. Two men have been jailed for committing sex crimes […]

Elizabeth Leis Newman – McKnights Despite one’s best intentions for 2014, there will be days when you feel like you are failing your residents, your coworkers, your family or yourself. This is a part of life, but do not fear. The pageviews on McKnight’s lawsuit stories reflect that people both want to know what to look out […]

People of any age have the right to appropriate assessment and management of pain.  They go hand in hand.  A provider has a duty to assess pain appropriately and within the standard of care. Pain should be assessed in all individuals living in nursing homes.  Caregivers have a duty to use different techniques, depending on the […]